Originally Posted by
poldek77
I would expect a new NOTAM instead...
You are right, I've been misreading these cryptograms for a while now.
Here's the latest estimate:
A1672/17 NOTAMR A1663/17
Q) VABF/QMRXX/IV/NBO/A/000/999/
A) VABB B) 1709201207 C) 1709201630 EST
E) RWY 09/27 NOT AVBL DUE DISABLED ACFT.
Now, about that skopograph...
A1670/17 NOTAMN
Q) VABF/QFMAU/IV/BO/A/000/999/
A) VABB B) 1709200930 C) 1709220930
E) RWY09 SKOPOGRAPH U/S DUE TECH FAULT.
Originally Posted by
Fokkerwokker
Indeed Basil and in our day you could almost guarantee someone going off the end every monsoon season!
Originally Posted by
ManaAdaSystem
Expect anything, including someone stealing the localizer antenna.
More BOM nostalgia from 2004:
Theft of equipment hampers flights at Mumbai
From Indo-Asian News Service
Mumbai, Dec 17 (IANS) Flights to and from India's commercial capital were delayed by almost an hour for the past few days after air traffic control equipment was stolen from the city's airport, officials said Friday.
They said flights landing at Mumbai airport have had to make do with visual contact after a "localiser", part of the Instrument Landing System, was stolen Tuesday from the main runway.
Instrument Landing Systems are primarily used when visibility is poor due to fog.
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Absence of "localiser" upsets flight schedule :
Mumbai, Dec 16 : Flights into and out of Mumbai continued to be delayed for the second day today due to non-availability of the "localiser", an integral component of the Instrument Landing System (ILS), on the main runway-27.
The localiser, which guides the aircraft to the centre line of the runway, was found stolen around 1730 hrs on Tuesday, AAI regional executive director S R R Rao said adding a localiser was being fabricated and should be installed by tomorrow.
"The localiser, antenna rods made of aluminium which radiate electronic waves and forms part of the ILS, hardly has any material value and we are surprised that this could have happened", he said.
Flights were today delayed by 30 to 45 minutes because of delayed arrivals and stacking up of flights over the city.
http://www.pprune.org/rumours-news/1...7-loc-bom.html